The Collingwood Music Pageant sometimes conjures visions of heat July skies and bucolic settings exterior the town. The Pageant returns for a vacation live performance that options American-Canadian baritone Gino Quilico.
Quilico returns to Collingwood after his acclaimed efficiency on the sold-out finale for the 2024 Pageant in July 2024. He’ll be performing items from his album Secrets and techniques of Christmas, first launched in 2015 with three duets he’d recorded along with his father Louis Quilico. The album comprises a mixture of vacation classics each trendy and conventional
The nice and cozy atmosphere of the First Presbyterian Church in Collingwood is the setting for a matinee live performance on December 15.
Baritone Gino Quilico
Gino Quilico is among the opera world’s most acknowledged baritones. Over a profession that spans greater than 4 many years, he’s sung greater than 30 roles at famend opera homes all around the globe, together with the Paris Opera, New York’s Met Opera, La Scala in Milan, and the Vienna Staatsoper, amongst many others. He’s labored with a who’s who of conductors over his profession, together with everybody from Herbert Von Karajan and Leonard Bernstein to Yannick Nézet-Séguin.
Gino has created a legacy of greater than 30 recordings to this point. He received a Grammy Award for his function as Chorèbe in a recording of Berlioz’s Les Troyens with the Montreal Symphony Orchestra in 1995. Amongst many different accolades and awards, he counts an authorized Gold (50,000 copies) disc award for his 2003 album Christmas (Novem), and he was made an Officer of the Order of Canada in recognition of his achievements and contribution to Canadian music in 1993.
The Live performance
Pianist Christopher Burton will accompany Quilico. Burton is the Director of Music at Thornbury’s Grace United Church, a place he’s held for six years. Christopher earned his Bachelor of Music in Piano Efficiency at College of Ottawa, adopted by a Grasp of Music in Piano Efficiency from McGill College, and a Doctorate in Musical Arts in Piano Accompaniment and Chamber Music from the Eastman Faculty of Music. He additionally performs the violin, and carried out as a violinist in Smokey Robinson’s backup orchestra.
Mezzo-soprano Viera Zmiyiwsky will carry out Ukrainian folks songs and vacation favourites, accompanied by pianist (and CMF Founder and Creative Director) Daniel Vnuknowski.
Viera Zmiyiwsky is a violinist in addition to a vocalist, and works in each classical and modern repertoire, in addition to proudly owning her personal occasion enterprise. Viera earned a Bachelor of Music in Efficiency from College of Toronto in voice, and studied violin on the College of Indiana. She has carried out throughout North America and Europe.
Viera Zmiyiwsky will be a part of Quilico for a rendition of The Prayer, the track made well-known by Andrea Bocelli and Celine Dion.
Vnukowski may even act as Grasp of Ceremonies for the occasion.
- Discover live performance particulars and tickets [HERE].
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